#pain

It is one of life's great ironies that most people's only connection to success is their attachment to the pain of not having achieved it. ↗

— Stephen Smoke

#pain #success #life

Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart. ↗

— José N. Harris

#grieving #hope #loss #love #pain

...unrequited love does not die; it's only beaten down to a secret place where it hides, curled and wounded. For some unfortunates, it turns bitter and mean, and those who come after pay the price for the hurt done by the one who came before. ↗

— Elle Newmark

#pain #unrequited-love #love

أوجع الأيام بعد الحب، ليس أولها، لأن النبتة لا تتألم فور انقطاع الماء، بل عندما يبدأ الجفاف فعلاً. ↗

— محمد حسن علوان

#pain #love

I swing my arms to loosen myself up. Place my fists on my hips. then drop them to my sides. Saliva's filling my mouth at a ridiculous rate and i feel vomit at the back of my throat. I swallow hard and open my lips so I can get the stupid line out and go hide in the woods and-that's when i start crying. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#dystopia-fiction #paintings #teen-fiction #teen

I cannot be with someone who takes pleasure in inflicting pain on me, someone who can’t love me. ↗

— E.L. James

#sadism #love

Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars don't heal, and it's too damned late. ↗

— Jonathan Tropper

#love #pain #scars #true #true-love

He is no longer mine to lose, but the grief is there, a gnawing sense of disbelief. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#losing-someone #love #pain #love

There's a pleasure to loving someone even when you know there's no chance in them loving you back. The pain I felt let me know I was still alive. ↗

— Gabrielle Zevin

#pain #love

The most basic and somehow forgettable thing is this: Love is not pain. Love is goodness. And real love--it's less shiny than solid and simple. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#forgettable #goodness #love #pain #real